Category Archives: rock ‘n’ roll

luv286

ambient revolution, disco, electronic listening music, following the current, funk 'n' soul, jazz, krautrock, no wave, odd pop, original soundtracks, post-punk, rock 'n' roll
luv286 Following The Current pt1

Following The Current part 1

this fall i will be teaching a Personal and Cultural Enrichment class at McGill University called Following The Current : A Brief History Of Electronic Music. this, the first of a three part mix, covers the years 1952-1979 and outlines some of the artists and music that will be discussed. for more info on the class and how to enroll click on
Following The Current : A Brief History Of Electronic Music.
photo : electricity

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Tracklist
  1. Beton-Studie – Karlheinz Stockhausen – DOXY (1952/2011) > buy link
  2. Main Titles – Overture (from Forbidden Planet) – Louis and Bebe Barron – Small Planet Records (1956/1978) > buy link
  3. Over The Rainbow – Paul Tanner with Andre Montero and his Orchestra – Omega Disk / Aero Space Records (1959)
  4. Daisy Bell – Max Mathews – Cacophonic / Finders Keepers (1961/2013)
  5. Telstar – The Tornados – Decca / Mr. Suit Records (1962/2013) > buy link
  6. Doctor Who Theme (Original 1963 Version) – Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer from BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Harkit Records (1963/2013) > buy link
  7. Girl From Venus – Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley – Vanguard (1966) > buy link
  8. Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles – Parlophone (1966)
  9. Daily Nightly – The Monkees – Colgems / Rhino (1967/1986) > buy link
  10. excerpt from Silver Apples Of The Moon Part II – Morton Subotnick – Nonesuch Records (1967)
  11. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major : Second Movement – Walter Carlos – Columbia Masterworks (1968)
  12. Peace Three – Paul Beaver & Bernard L. Krause – Nonesuch Records (1968)
  13. Cybernaut – Tonto’s Expanding Head Band (Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil) – Atlantic (1971/1975)
  14. Girl Blue – Stevie Wonder – Tamla / Motown – (1972)
  15. Rain Dance – Herbie Hancock – Columbia (1973) > buy link
  16. Movements Of A Visionary – Tangerine Dream – Virgin (1974/1977) > buy link
  17. Assault On Precinct 13 (Main Theme) (from Assault On Precinct 13) – John Carpenter – Record Makers (1976/2003) > buy link
  18. Disco From A Space Show – Guitar Red – Mod-Art / Chocolate Industries (1976/2012) > buy link
  19. I Feel Love – Donna Summer – Casablanca Records (1977) > buy link
  20. Rocket U.S.A. – Suicide – Red Star Records (1977/1999) > buy link
  21. United – Throbbing Gristle – Industrial Records (1977/1981) > buy link
  22. Trans-Europe Express / Metal On Metal – Kraftwerk – Capitol (1977) > buy link
  23. Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) – Parliament – Casablanca Records (1978) > buy link
  24. Fantastic Man – William Onyeabor – Wilfilms Records / Luaka Bop (1979/2013) > buy link
  25. I Nearly Married A Human – Gary Numan + Tubeway Army – Beggars Banquet (1979) > buy link

luv283

hip hop, jazz, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, triptychlish
luv283 Triptychlish pt2

Triptychlish part 2

the Triptychlish mixtape series is an autobiographical journey through the first 30 years of luv. part 2 highlights musical memories from my awkward and moody teenage years (1983-1992). it covers my last few years of elementary school. junior high, high school and my first year in Montreal with the emotional spectrum of a teenage boy in the eighties.
image : A Teenager

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Tracklist
  1. New Song – Howard Jones – WEA (1983) > buy link
  2. The Great Ones Remember – Men Without Hats – Statik Records / Sire (1982) > buy link
  3. Lonely In Your Nightmare – Duran Duran – Harvest (1982) > buy link
  4. Standing In The Dark – Platinum Blonde – CBS (1983)
  5. King Of Pain – The Police – A&M (1983) > buy link
  6. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper – Potrait (1983) > buy link
  7. Take Me With U – Prince and the Revolution – Warner Bros. (1984) > buy link
  8. Dancing Girls – Nik Kershaw – MCA (1984)
  9. Suburbia – Pet Shop Boys – EMI (1986) > buy link
  10. Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles – Apple Records / Capitol (1967)
  11. Summer’s Day Song – Paul McCartney – Parlophone (1980) > buy link
  12. Stand By Me – Ben E. King – Atco / Atlantic (1961/1986) > buy link
  13. Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones – Decca (1968) > buy link
  14. Devil Inside – INXS – Atlantic (1987) > buy link
  15. Love Removal Machine – The Cult – Beggars Banquet / Vertigo (1987) > buy link
  16. Highway To Hell – AC/DC – Atlantic (1979) > buy link
  17. God Save The Queen – Sex Pistols – Virgin / Warner Bros. (1977) > buy link
  18. I Fought The Law – Dead Kennedys – Alternative Tentacles (1987) > buy link
  19. Paul Revere – Beastie Boys – Def Jam Recordings (1986) > buy link
  20. My Philosophy – Boogie Down Productions – Jive (1988) > buy link
  21. Big Time – Peter Gabriel – Geffen (1986) > buy link
  22. Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone remix) – New Order – Factory (1987) > buy link
  23. Kiss Off – Violent Femmes – Slash Records (1982) > buy link
  24. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1963) > buy link
  25. After The Goldrush – Neil Young – Reprise (1970) > buy link
  26. In A Silent Way – Miles Davis – Columbia (1969) > buy link
  27. Self-Portrait In Three Colors – Charles Mingus – Columbia (1959) > buy link
  28. Changes – David Bowie – RCA (1971) > buy link
  29. Deadbeat Club – The B-52’s – Reprise (1989) > buy link
  30. Oliver’s Army – Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Columbia (1979) > buy link
  31. Don’t Let It Get You Down – Fine Young Cannibals – I.R.S. / MCA (1988) > buy link
  32. Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds – A&M (1985) > buy link
  33. Happy Birthday – Concrete Blonde – I.R.S. (1989) > buy link
  34. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye – Tamla / Motown (1971) > buy link
  35. The Mooche – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – RCA Victor (1928/1971) > buy link
  36. Summertime Rolls – Jane’s Addiction – Warner Bros. (1988) > buy link
  37. Dirty Boots – Sonic Youth – DGC (1990) > buy link
  38. Taste The Pain – Red Hot Chili Peppers – EMI USA (1989) > buy link
  39. U-Mass – Pixies – 4AD (1991) > buy link
  40. On a Plain – Nirvana – DGC (1991) > buy link
  41. Blown A Wish – My Bloody Valentine – Creation Records (1991) > buy link

luv281

rock 'n' roll, summer crush
luv281 Your Summer Crush

Your Summer Crush

a short and sweet mix of early rock’n’roll music that exemplifies the innocence and joy of your first summer crush.
photo : Bob + Susan

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Tracklist
  1. Hey Mae – Rusty & Doug – Hickory Records / Fantastic Voyage (1958/2013) > buy link
  2. Come On Let’s Go – Ritchie Valens – Del-Fi Records / Rumble Records (1958/2014) > buy link
  3. Mr. Lee – The Bobbettes – Atlantic / Official (1957/1989) > buy link
  4. Please, Please – Kimball Coburn – Hi Records / Fantastic Voyage (1958/2011) > buy link
  5. Little Darlin’ – The Diamonds – Mercury (1957) > buy link
  6. That’s Why (I Love You So) – Jackie Wilson – Coral / Epic (1958/1983) > buy link
  7. Whenever You’re Ready – Bob Luman – Imperial / Fantastic Voyage (1957/2013) > buy link
  8. Everyday – Buddy Holly – Coral (1958) > buy link
  9. Don’t Ever Let Me Go – Eddie Cochran – Liberty / DOXY (1958/2013) > buy link
  10. From The Top Of Your Guggle (To The Bottom Of Your Zooch) – The Five Blobs – Joy Records / Stag-O-Lee (1959/2012) > buy link
  11. False Alarm – The Re-Vels – Chess (1957) > buy link
  12. Shirley – John Fred & The Playboys – Montel / Fantastic Voyage (1958/2015) > buy link
  13. I’m Walkin’ – Ricky Nelson – Verve / Fantastic Voyage (1957/2013) > buy link
  14. All The Time – Sleepy LaBeef – Mercury Starday / Fantastic Voyage (1957/2013) > buy link
  15. All I Have To Do Is Dream – The Everly Brothers – Cadence (1958) > buy link
  16. You’re So Fine – The Falcons – Flick / Unart Records/ Capitol (1959/1980) > buy link
  17. You Send Me – Sam Cooke – Keen / RCA Victor (1957/1962) > buy link

luv275

no wave, rock 'n' roll, weird
luv275 Things Have Gotten Weird Between Us

Things Have Gotten Weird Between Us

it was going so well. then came the guitars, effect pedals, keyboards, drums, radio noise and overwrought vocals making it a bit intense and rather strange. terms like no wave, art rock, industrial, experimental and avant garde got thrown around. then our eyes began to glow and things got weird between us.
image : Malachai Obadiah

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Tracklist
  1. Conspirators’ Oath – The Red Crayola – Bomb Records / Rio Records (1979)
  2. Cognitive Dissonance – Robert Fripp – Editions EG / Polydor (1981)
  3. Monday Night – The Golden Palominos – Celluloid (1983) > buy link
  4. The Jezebel Spirit – Brian Eno & David Byrne – Sire (1981) > buy link
  5. What a Dilemma – Fred Frith – Ralph Records (1980/1981)
  6. Dolga Magla II – YBO² – Dossier (1986)
  7. Nearing – DNA – No More Records (1978/2008)
  8. The Tube – Art Bears – RÄ“ Records (1978)
  9. The Good And The Bad – Sonic Youth – Neutral Records / Goofin’ Records (1982/2006) > buy link
  10. Eva’s Warning – Snakefinger – Ralph Records (1982)
  11. Dichotomy Rag – Renaldo And The Loaf – Ralph Records (1983) > buy link
  12. Heads Up – David Moss & Arto Lindsay – Moers Music (1984)
  13. Slug Bait – Live At Southampton – Throbbing Gristle – Industrial Records (1977/2014) > buy link
  14. Hiss ‘N’ Listen – Holger Czukay – Welt-Rekord / EMI Electrola (1981)
  15. Seven On Seven – Andy Summers & Robert Fripp – A&M (1982)
  16. Wild Horses – Eugene Chadbourne – Fundamental (1987)

luv267

odd pop, rock 'n' roll, triptychlish
luv267 Triptychlish pt1

Triptychlish part 1

Triptychlish is a three part mixtape series that delves into my personal musical evolution over the first 30 years of my time on Earth. part 1 is the first ten years (1973-1982) and only includes music that i have clear memories of, songs that affected me before i really started making my own musical choices. it reminds me of family and friends and the beginning of my lifelong romance with music.
image : A Son

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  1. Sesame Street – The Kids – Children’s Television Workshop (1969/1977) > buy link
  2. The Electric Company Theme – Short Circus and friends – Children’s Television Workshop (1974)
  3. Ready Or Not, Here I Come – Bob Dorough – Capitol (1973)
  4. Lookin’ Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fantasy (1970) > buy link
  5. Runaway – Del Shannon – Big Top / MCA Records (1960/1973) > buy link
  6. Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley and his Comets – Brunswick / MCA Records (1954/1973) > buy link
  7. Devil With A Blue Dress / Good Golly Miss Molly – Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels – New Voice Records / Quality (1966/1981) > buy link
  8. The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens – Buddah Records (1961/1970) > buy link
  9. Liar, Liar – The Castaways – Soma Records / Elektra / Rhino (1965/1972/2006) > buy link
  10. Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley – MGM Records / Ronco (1958/1978) > buy link
  11. The Bug Song – Stompin’ Tom Connors – Boot Records (1971) > buy link
  12. Phantom 309 – Red Sovine – Gusto Records / Birchmount (1967/1975) > buy link
  13. Hotel California – The Eagles – Asylum Records (1976) > buy link
  14. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot – Reprise (1976) > buy link
  15. Lydia The Tattooed Lady – Kermit the Frog – Arista (1977)
  16. Cantina Band – John Williams and The London Symphony Orchestra – 20th Century Records (1977) > buy link
  17. Has Anybody Seen My Dog? – Marty and Grover – Children’s Television Workshop (1978) > buy link
  18. We Will Rock You – Queen – Elektra (1977) > buy link
  19. Break It To Them Gently – Burton Cummings – Portrait / CBS (1978) > buy link
  20. Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty – United Artists Records / Liberty Records (1978) > buy link
  21. The Rose – Bette Midler – Atlantic (1979) > buy link
  22. The Tide Is High – Blondie – Chrysalis (1980/1981) > buy link
  23. Who Can It Be Now? – Men At Work – Columbia (1982) > buy link
  24. Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield – RCA (1981) > buy link
  25. Jack & Diane – John Cougar – Riva Records (1982) > buy link
  26. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? – Culture Club – Virgin (1982) > buy link
  27. Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye – Columbia (1982) > buy link

luv263

odd pop, rock 'n' roll
luv263 WRTSMMAR

Why Are There So Many Mixtapes About Rainbows?

a conceptual collection of songs about rainbows and the colors that make them up. a wide spectrum of odd pop to help answer Kermit’s question, “why are there so many songs about rainbows?”
warning : mixtape contains double rainbow

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Tracklist:
  1. roygbiv – Boards Of Canada – Warp (1998) > buy link
  2. She’s A Rainbow – The Rolling Stones – Decca (1967) > buy link
  3. Red Rubber Ball – The Cyrkle – Columbia (1966) > buy link
  4. Orange Skies – Love – Elektra (1966) > buy link
  5. Big Yellow Taxi – The Neighborhood – Big Tree Records (1970)
  6. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine – Simon and Garfunkel – Columbia (1966) > buy link
  7. Tangled Up In Blue – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1974) > buy link
  8. Mood Indigo – Nina Simone – Bethlehem Records (1958) > buy link
  9. Violet – Mellow – Atmosphériques (1999)
  10. Rainbow River – Vashti Bunyan – Philips / Dicristina (1970/2004) > buy link
  11. Rainbo Conversation – Stereolab – Duophonic (1997) > buy link
  12. Rainbow’s End – Modern English – 4AD / Vertigo (1984) > buy link
  13. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes – Elvis Costello – Stiff Records / Columbia (1977) > buy link
  14. Burnt Orange Peel – Beck – K (1994) > buy link
  15. Yellow Sarong – Yo La Tengo – Bar/None Records (1990/2014)
  16. All The World Is Green – Tom Waits – Anti- (2002) > buy link
  17. Crystal Blue Persuasion – Tommy James & The Shondells – Roulette Records (1969) > buy link
  18. Indigo – Peter Gabriel – Atlantic (1978) > buy link
  19. Wine and Violet – The Lemon Pipers – Buddah Records (1968) > buy link
  20. Rainbows – Dennis Wilson – Caribou Records / Sundazed Music (1977/2008) > buy link
  21. Rainbows All Over Your Blues – John Sebastian – Reprise / Edsel Records (1970/1980) > buy link
  22. Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows – Lesley Gore – Mercury (1963) > buy link
  23. Rainbow Connection – Kermit the Frog – Atlantic (1979) > buy link

luv259

odd pop, rock 'n' roll
luv259 The Winter Slide

The Winter Slide

an odd pop indie rock mixtape to complement your seasonal affective disorder.
photo : Jonathan Switcher

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Tracklist:
  1. Afternoon Speaker – The Sea And Cake – Thrill Jockey (2000) > buy link
  2. Let Me Drive (Acoustic) – Winter Gloves – Paper Bag Records (2009)
  3. Something Green – Grizzly Bear – Warp (2013) > buy link
  4. A Thousand Syllables – Bibio – Warp (2014) > buy link
  5. Cold As Ice – Atlas Sound – Kranky (2008)
  6. Heart Is A Drum – Beck – Capitol (2014) > buy link
  7. Forever Dolphin Love – Connan Mockasin – Phantasy Sound / Mexican Summer (2010/2014) > buy link
  8. Under A Anvil Tree – Fog – Ninja Tune (2003) > buy link
  9. Canary – Liz Phair – Matador (1993) > buy link
  10. All Comes Down – Dusted – Polyvinyl Record Company / Hand Drawn Dracula (2012) > buy link
  11. The Prize – Gravenhurst – Warp (2012) > buy link
  12. Serious – Sportsguitar – Derivative (1996) > buy link
  13. Young Pilgrims – The Shins – Sub Pop (2003) > buy link
  14. Good Times – Jim O’Rourke – Drag City (2001)
  15. Casimir Pulaski Day – Sufjan Stevens – Asthmatic Kitty Records (2005) > buy link
  16. Black Flowers – Yo La Tengo – Matador (2006) > buy link

luv250

electronic listening music, jazz, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, seasonal series

Wintor

the final mixtape of this year’s seasonal series is an aural journey through winter that will help us get through the coldest night of the year with dreams of flowers that will bloom again.
image : Elaina Grainey

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Tracklist
  1. Winter Now – Broadcast – Warp (2003) > buy link
  2. excerpt from Winter – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  3. Father Christmas – Ryuichi Sakamoto – Virgin (1983) > buy link
  4. Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne – Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix / Legacy (1969/2010) > buy link
  5. excerpt from Wind/Hail Storm from an Alpine Blizzard – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1979)
  6. Winter 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012) > buy link
  7. Winter Prayers – Iron and Wine – Nonesuch (2013) > buy link
  8. California Dreaming – George Benson – CTI Records (1971)
  9. Coldest Night Of The Year – Twice As Much and Vashti – Immesiate / Dicristina (1966/2007) > buy link
  10. Iced Cooly – Boards Of Canada – Music70 / Warp (1995/2002) > buy link
  11. Ice Capades (Moog Music ’67) – Van Dyke Parks – Bananastan (1967/2011) > buy link
  12. Skating – Vince Guaraldi Trio – Fantasy (1965) > buy link
  13. Winters Love – Animal Collective – FatCat Records (2004) > buy link
  14. Wintertime Love – The Doors – Elektra (1968) > buy link
  15. Hutchinson Jail – Lee Hazlewood – Reprise / 1972 (1966/2014) > buy link
  16. Snowbird – Anne Murray – Capitol (1970) > buy link

luv237

blues 'n' folk, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, seasonal series

Fell

mixtape #3 in this series of seasonal soundscapes mirrors the changes happening in the cool crispness of fall. autumnal audio.
photo : Autumn Waters

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Tracklist
  1. September Song – Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France – Barclay (1947/1975) > buy link
  2. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion – The Flaming Lips – Warner Bros. (2006) > buy link
  3. Autumn Sweater – Yo La Tengo – Matador (1997) > buy link
  4. October – Pivot – Warp (2008) > buy link
  5. excerpt from Wind In The Trees – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1974)
  6. October Country – October Country – Epic (1968)
  7. Autumn Almanac – The Kinks – Pye Records / Golden Hour (1967/1971) > buy link
  8. Harvest Breed – Nick Drake – Island (1972) > buy link
  9. Girl From The North Country – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1963) > buy link
  10. excerpt from Fall – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  11. Night Of The Vampire – The Moontrekkers – Parlophone / Acced Records (1961/2012) > buy link
  12. November – Neu! – Grönland Records (1985/2010) > buy link
  13. Rose Hip November – Vashti Bunyan – Philips / Dicristina (1970/2004) > buy link
  14. Autumn 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012) > buy link
  15. Comin’ Back To Me – Jefferson Airplane – RCA Victor (1967) > buy link
  16. Autumn – Joanna Newsom – Drag City (2010) > buy link

luv234

no wave, odd pop, post-punk, rock 'n' roll

this isn’t any life
it’s just a stupid lifestyle

this is a sample of the punk rock / new wave / no wave / punk funk / rock ‘n’ roll sound that was created in the Pertri dish that was New York City over a period of 8 hot summers (1976-1983).
photo : Ronny Woke
Ramones R.I.P.

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Tracklist
  1. Optimo – Liquid Liquid – 99 Records / Mo Wax (1983/1997) > buy link
  2. My Love For You – ESG – 99 Records (1983) > buy link
  3. Button Up – The Bloods – 021 Records / Exit International Records / Soul Jazz (1981/2003)
  4. The Attack Of The Giant Ants – Blondie – Private Stock Records (1976) > buy link
  5. Warning Sign – Talking Heads – Sire (1978) > buy link
  6. Marquee Moon – Television – Elektra (1977) > buy link
  7. She Creatures – impLOG – Log Records / Soul Jazz (1980/2006) > buy link
  8. Rituals – Bush Tetras – Fetish Records / Stiff Recoprds / ROIR (1981/2003) > buy link
  9. Human Fly – The Cramps – Illegal Records (1979) > buy link
  10. Hey Little Girl (live from C.B.G.B.’s) – Dead Boys – Sire (1977) > buy link
  11. I Can’t Give You Anything – Ramones – Sire (1977) > buy link
  12. Slow Murder – Material – Celluloid (1980) > buy link
  13. This Song – Polyrock – RCA (1980)
  14. Throw Me Away – The Contortions – ZE Records (1979) > buy link
  15. #3 (In The Corn Belt) – Dinosaur L – Sleeping Bag Records / Traffic Entertainment Group (1981/2012)
  16. I Dreamed I Dream – Sonic Youth – Neutral Records / Goofin’ Records (1982/2006) > buy link
  17. Cheree (Original) – Suicide – Red Star Records (1977/1999) > buy link